On Sep 29, 2011, at 10:50 AM, Tom Lane wrote:

> Christophe Pettus <x...@thebuild.com> writes:
>> I am baffled.  Both PDT and WEST appear as valid timezone abbreviations, and 
>> each have unique values, but:
> 
> Where do you see WEST as a valid timezone abbrevation?

Voila, "Western Europe Summer Time":

test=# select * from pg_timezone_names where abbrev='WEST';
       name       | abbrev | utc_offset | is_dst 
------------------+--------+------------+--------
 Atlantic/Canary  | WEST   | 01:00:00   | t
 Atlantic/Faeroe  | WEST   | 01:00:00   | t
 Atlantic/Faroe   | WEST   | 01:00:00   | t
 Atlantic/Madeira | WEST   | 01:00:00   | t
 Europe/Lisbon    | WEST   | 01:00:00   | t
 Portugal         | WEST   | 01:00:00   | t
 WET              | WEST   | 01:00:00   | t
(7 rows)

--
-- Christophe Pettus
   x...@thebuild.com


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